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Thankful for: Coffee.

In the past two years I have been through 3 Keurig machines and now resort to French Press on days my current machine does not want to work.

My kids don’t sleep. They use to and now my youngest refuses to sleep. So, I get maybe 2-3 hours of sleep a day. It’s really great. When they are teenagers and want to sleep, I’m going to sit in their room with a blow horn and sound it off every hour. That’ll teach ‘em. haha.

I also love Tiramisu. Probably because of the Mascarpone…definitely because of the espresso.

Thank the cookie gods, Martha Stewart is on top of it. Tiramisu Cookies. Yes, please.

Ingredients

Makes 30

5 large eggs, separated

1 cup granulated sugar

3 tablespoons instant espresso powder

1/2 cup cake flour (not self-rising)

1/4 teaspoon salt

Unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder, for dusting

3/4 cup mascarpone cheese

1/4 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons confectioners’ sugar, sifted

3 tablespoons almond-flavored liqueur, such as amaretto

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

6 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted

Directions

Using a mixer with the whisk attachment, beat yolks and 1/2 cup granulated sugar until pale and stiff, about 3 minutes. Add espresso powder, and beat for 2 minutes. Add flour, and beat until just combined. (Mixture will be very thick.)

In a clean bowl, using a clean whisk attachment, beat whites and salt on medium speed until foamy. With the machine running, add remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a slow stream, beating until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes. Fold whites into yolk mixture in 3 additions until well combined.

These are amazing. Make them and amaze your friends or even better if your husband works 16 hour days, feed them to him so he doesn’t fall asleep on the couch, haha. How smart is a Tiramisu cookie? Very smart.